Question

We learn in this module about the impacts that organizational culture and organizational structure have on outcomes that are important at the organizational, team, and individual levels—and internationally.

• Discuss how organizational culture affects the workplace, and how it shapes an organization ethically.
• Compare and contrast how organizational culture affects the global workplace.
• Consider an organization with which you are, or have been, affiliated (whether professional, military, religious, civic, or hobbyist, for example):
  1. Describe how the concepts of culture and structure manifest themselves at the organization locally.
  2. Describe how the concepts of culture and structure manifest themselves at the organization nationally.
  3. Describe how the concepts of culture and structure manifest themselves at the organization globally.
  4. Explain how they could be improved.

Post your initial response of at least 250 words

Answer 1

An organizational culture is a group of values, beliefs, and behaviors created and sustained by the leaders in the organizations and followed or carried forward by the employees. Even though the impact of culture cannot be measured statistically, but companies with a strong culture generally provide a sense of belongingness to the employees along with a higher level of commitment.

Some of the direct impacts are as follows-

• Culture shapes the way employees interact and communicate in the workplace.
• It develops a sense of unity in the workplace where people come from various backgrounds and can go a long way in retaining employees.
• It effectively creates a brand image for the organization.

Organizational culture plays a very important role in influencing ethics in the workplace.

There are usually several stakeholders affected by the same-

• Customers- In the world of rampant social media distress, any small violations or unethical issue on the consumer side directly tarnish the image and brand perception.
• Employees- Organisation cultures sets the way for employees to interact with each other. It defines professionalism among various functions and hierarchies.
• Clients- Organisations should develop ethical policies that instill a sense of reliability and integrity, such as staying on top of bills due to other businesses in accounts payable or setting reasonable fees and terms when transacting or exchanging goods and services with another company, etc